The Daylight Gate

Winterson, Jeanette

ISBN 10: 0802121632 / ISBN 13: 9780802121639

Published by Grove Press, New York, New York, 2012

About this Item

This copy of "The Daylight Gate" has been SIGNED by Jeanette Winterson on the title page! This from her appearance at the Free Library of Philadelphia on October 22, 2019. The award-winning author's singular vision of a dark period of complicated morality, sex, and tragic plays for power in a time when politics and religion were closely intertwined. Seller Inventory # 9125

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Daylight Gate

Publisher: Grove Press, New York, New York

Publication Date: 2012

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First American Edition/First Printing

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Synopsis:

The Daylight Gate, an instant bestseller in the UK, is award-winning Jeanette Winterson’s singular vision of a dark period of complicated morality, sex, and tragic plays for power in a time when politics and religion were closely intertwined.

After the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, every Catholic conspirator in England fled to a wild, untamed place far from the reach of London law. On Good Friday, 1612, deep in the woods of Pendle Hill, amid baptismal pools and low, thick fog, a gathering of thirteen is interrupted by the local magistrate. Two of their coven have already been imprisoned for witchcraft and are awaiting trial, but those who remain are vouched for by the wealthy and respected Alice Nutter.

Shrouded in mystery and gifted with eternally youthful beauty, Alice is established in Lancashire society and insulated by her fortune. Yet she is also plagued by rumors of a dark and torrid love affair with another woman, the matriarch of the notorious Demdike clan. As those accused of witchcraft retreat into darkness, Alice stands alone as a realm-crosser, a conjurer of powers that will either destroy her or set her free.

About the Author:

Born in Manchester, England, and adopted into a family of Pentecostal evangelists, Jeanette Winterson is the author of seventeen books, including Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Sexing the Cherry, and The Passion. She has won many prizes including the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel, the John Llewllyn Rhys Prize, the E. M. Forster Award, and the Stonewall Award.